Warp-balling machine.



Patented Nov. ll, I902.

E. T. GARSE'IJ.

WARP BALLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1901.)

2 Shets-Sheet I,

( No Model.)

No. 78,424. I Patnted Nov. ll, I902.

-E. T. GARSED.

WARP BALLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1901.)

LNo Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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tlrrrrnn STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD T. GARSED, OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

WARP-BALLlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,424, dated November11, 1902. Application filed December 10, 1901. Serial No. 85,369. (Nomodel.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

upon the balls so formed. This object I attain as hereinafter set forth,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation showing diagrammatically the relative arrangement ofthe various parts of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of themachine, also showing the parts diagrammatically, the niprolls,carrier-rolls, cones, and rolls for the warps being removed; and Fig. 3is a diagrammatic representation of the train of gears for driving theballers,these having been omitted from the previous figures for the sakeof clearness.

In making a single warp of a relatively large number of strands it isnecessary tov use more than one ball of yarn to supply thev requisitenumber of strands, and since even under the most favorable circumstancesthere are variations in the tension, temperature, and other conditionsunder which these balls are wound their lengths will also vary, causinga greater or less amount of waste from the loss of the ends necessarilycut off when the yarn is wound on a beam. It is to prevent this unequallength and consequent waste that the present machine has been devised.

In the above drawings,A represents the end of a creel containing thespools on which individual strands of yarn are wound. From this strandsof yarn ct are drawn through an eyeboard B and between rolls 5. Fromhere the said strands of yarn a are passed, all in one plane, toward andbetween weighted nip-rolls O C,(shown in dotted lines,) and thence overcarrier-rolls D, preferably suspended from the ceiling,where the yarn isdivided into a number of warps-in the present instance four. From hereit passes to cones or tubes E for winding a wrapping-cord spirallyaround each of said warps. The four warps now pass around guide-pulleysF, which are moved to and fro on their shaftsf by means of atraverse-screw G,from here going direct to wooden shells or rollers H,on which they are wound. It will be seen that a single traverse-screw isused to drive all four guide-pulleys, and in view of the fact that themechanism involved in this form of apparatus is well known in the art asapplied to single balling-machines it is not deemed necessary todescribe it in detail.

The wooden shells on which the balls are wound have a square holethrough which extends a square shaft provided with cylindrical ends,these being confined between vertical standards it, carried on the frameI of this part of the machine. These shells H and afterward the balls,when the machine is in operation, are carried upon balling-rolls K,(shown in dotted lines in Fig.1,) and have driving mechanism arranged asillustrated in Fig. 2. From this latter figure it will be seen that themachine is provided with a driving-pulley L on a shaft Z, Which-is inturn provided with fly-wheels Z. From a sprocket-wheel upon this shaft achain belt Z extends to a sprocket-wheel upon the shaft of the lower ofthe nip-rolls O, and a chain belt 0 connects a second sprocket-wheel onthis nip-roll shaft with a sprocket-wheel upon the shaft 9 of thetraverse-screw Gr.

In order that the balling-rolls K may be positively slipping, I connectthem by a train of gears, preferably arranged as shownin Fig. 3. Fromthis it will be seen that a single large gear 9 meshes directly with agear 9 upon the traverse-shaft g and also meshes with a gear g fixed tothe shaft 76 of one of the balling-rolls K. This latter in turn drivesits companion balling-roll K through an intermediate gear 9 meshing witha gear 9 upon the shaft is of said roll. For the propulsion of thesecond set of balling-rolls a gear g meshes with the gear g upon thetraverse-shaft g and drives the gear 9, while this meshes in turn with agear 9 upon the shaft 10 of one of the other driven without thepossibilityof balling-rolls 76. This latter, similarly to that on theother side of the machine, is connected to a gear g upon the shaft 10 ofits companion balling-roll through an intermediate gear 9 In order thatan equal and uniform tension may be had at all times upon the warpswhile they are being wound, flexible steel bands m are provided, each ofthese having at one end aU-shaped saddle orhook passing over roundedportions of the shafts h, carrying the wooden shells H. If desired,these ends of the bands may be fastened to some fixed portion of themachine-as, for example, one of the standards h. These bands are allthen led over suitable guide-pulleys m to pulleywheels m (Shown in Fig.2.) The lalterare fastened to a single shaft or roller M, running thewhole width of the machine, which has in addition a pulley m havingfastened to it a steel band m carrying at its end a weight m Any desiredform of mechanism operated by a lever m with a pawl and ratchet, asshown at N in Fig. 1, may be employed to raise and lower the shaft orroller M in order to accommodate its position to the changes in positionof the steel bands m, due to the variation in the diameters of theseveral balls as the warps are wound upon them.

Should there be any variation in the diameters of the wooden shells uponwhich the warps are wound, so that the tension-bands m would not all beunder the same strain, this difference can be equalized or done awaywith altogether by means of turnbuckles m one of which is providedsomewhere in the length of each of said tension-bands.

In operation a number of strands of yarn sufficient to make four ballsare drawn from the spools in the creel and made to pass between a singlepair of nip-rolls, beyond which they are divided into four sets orseparate warps. As these warps pass from the rolls D to theguide-pulleys F they are wound with wrapping-cords in the well-knownmanner, after which they are directed or laid upon the wooden shells bysaid guide-pulleys, so as to form even and properly shaped balls. Eachof these warps is wound under precisely similar conditions, for it willbe seen that the balling-rolls K are driven at equal speeds by gearingwhich precludes the possibility of slipping. Further, the shafts uponwhich the four independent balls are formed are made to exert asubstantially uniform and equal tension upon the warps by means of themechanism shown, so that the length of each of the warps of said fourballs is practically the same. Again, it is to be noted that the fourballs, being wound at the same time and place, are exposed to the samevariations of temperature, and therefore the Variations in lengths ofmaterial upon them will be simultaneous and equal. It will of course beunderstood that these balls are preferably kept together from the timethey are formed until the yarn is wound on the beam, it being advisableto pass them together through the sizing and dyeing machines.

As a result of the use of this machine when yarn is finally wound uponthe beam the several sets of ends will be almost exactly of the samelength, the amountto be cut ofi being therefore reduced to a minimum ina manner not hitherto known to the art.

I claim as my invention 1. A warp-balling machine provided with meansfor simultaneously winding a number of balls, in combination with atension device having members operative upon all the balls, and a singledevice for exerting tension upon the warps whereby these latter are allsubjected to the same tension while they are being wound, substantiallyas described.

2. In a machine for simultaneously winding a number of warps, thecombination of rolls upon which said warps are wound, driving mechanismoperating said rolls whereby they are all compelled to make equalnumbers of revolutions in a given time, and mechanism including a memberor members operative upon each of the said rolls and having a commonactuating device whereby each is subjected to the same retarding actionand the tension upon all the warps is maintained equal, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a warp-balling machine, the combination of nip-rolls,guide-pulleys, a shaft for traversing said pulleys, a number ofindependent rolls upon which the warps are to be wound, means forsimultaneously turning said rolls at equal speeds, flexible bandsoperativeupon the rolls tending to retard rotation of the same, andmeans common to all of said bands whereby they are maintained in acondition of tension, substantially as described.

4. In a warp-balling machine, the combination of nip-rolls,guide-pulleys and rolls on which warps are to be wound, means fordriving the said rolls, means common to a plurality of saidguide-pulleys for traversing the same, and means for wrapping the warpswhile they are passing from the nip-rolls to the guide-pulleys,substantially as described.

5. A warp-balling machine having niprolls, a plurality of sets ofballing-rollers, mechanism connecting the sets of rollers whereby motionof the same relatively to one another is prevented, means for drivingsaid mechanism,independent rollers for the warps, and guide-pulleyshaving a common traverseshaft with means for retaining an equal tensionupon said rollers for the warps, substantially as described.

6. In a warp-balling machine, the combination of nip-rolls, independentguide-pulleys, a traverse-shaft for operating the same, a number ofballing-rollers, means for driving the said balling-rollers at equalspeeds, independent rollers upon which the warps are wound, atension-band operative upon each of the said balling-rollers, a shaft towhich all of said bands are connected, and means con- ICC stantlytending to rotate said shaft, whereby said bands are maintained in acondition of tension, substantially as described.

7. In a warp-balling machine, the combination of nip-rolls, independentguide-pulleys, a traverse-shaft for operating the same, a number ofballing-rollers, means for driving the said balling-rollers at equalspeeds, independent rollers upon which the warps are to be wound, atension-band operative upon each of said balling-rollers, a shaft towhich all of said bands are connected, means constantly tending torotate said shaft whereby said bands are maintained in a condition oftension, and means for wrapping a cord around each warp, the sameoperating simultaneously with the balling mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a warp-balling machine, the combination of mechanism forsimultaneously winding a number of balls upon rolls, means actuated froma single source for maintaining the different warps at an equal tensionand means for applying wrapping-cord to the said warps, said meansoperating simultaneously with said mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a warp-balling machine, the combination of nip-rolls, rollers forthe reception of the warps, each having a shaft upon which it iscarried, guides for the ends of said shafts, whereby they are permittedto move vertically, flexible bands passing over said shafts, a singleshaft to which all of said bands are connected and a weight acting toturn said shaft, whereby said bands are maintained in a condition oftension, together with means for turning the rollers at equal speeds,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 40 name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD T. GARSED. WVitnesses:

F. W. GONE, JNO. GRAY BYNUM.

